NEW YORK, March 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, today announced it will host an exclusive invitation-only financial industry event here in New York City to celebrate its Unigy 360 software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, which is performance engineered to deliver innovation, economics and powerful new capabilities for global financial market participants. The event will be held at the Rainbow Room, an iconic NYC landmark located at 65th Floor, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. on April 19, 2018.

Fox Business Network anchor Trish Regan will keynote and also moderate "The Global Financial Markets Future: Catalyzing Change Through Cloud, Communications, Regulation and Collaboration," a panel discussion with high-profile industry experts Larry Tabb, Founder and Research Chairman of TABB Group; Kevin McPartland, Managing Director, Market Structure and Technology, Greenwich Associates; and Spencer Mindlin, Aite Group analyst. The panel will explore the impact of market fragmentation, geopolitical unpredictability and regulation-driven requirements on regulated users, and the growing need for secure, reliable communications for external transactions, internal cross-firm collaboration and compliant data and record archiving.

"We are proud to host such a compelling financial industry event in conjunction with our global rollout of Unigy 360, a game-changing solution addressing the most complex and challenging communications and workflow requirements of regulated users in the global financial markets," said Don Henderson, senior vice-president, Product and Customer Success, IPC. "At a time when market, business, investment and operational risks are ever-changing, reliable and compliant access to a vast community of market participants is vital."

IPC Systems, Inc. is a global leader that is transforming the market. It has built one of the largest dedicated and secure communities of financial market participants with 6,000 connected locations in 700 cities with over 200,000 users. The company works with 50 of the top 50 global banks, many of the largest management and asset management firms, hedge funds and more than 70 of the world's top exchanges and liquidity venues.

IPC Event Keynote

Trish Regan joined FOX Business Network (FBN) as an anchor and markets reporter in April 2015. Regan is the anchor of The Intelligence Report with Trish Regan. In November 2015, Regan, alongside FBN's Sandra Smith, moderated the network's inaugural Republican presidential primary debate, making history as the first dual-female team to host a debate. The event, which featured candidates earning less than 2.5 percent, delivered 4.7 million total viewers and 866,000 in the key 25-54 demo, making it one of FBN's highest rated programs ever. Before starting at FBN, Regan was at Bloomberg where she served as the anchor of the daily market-close program, Street Smart with Trish Regan.

IPC Event Panel Participants

Larry Tabb is the founder and research chairman of TABB Group, the research and strategic advisory firm focused exclusively on capital markets. Launched in 2003 on the interview-based research methodology of "first-person knowledge" that Larry developed, TABB analyzes and quantifies the investing value chain, from the fiduciary, investment manager and broker, to the exchange and custodian, helping senior business leaders gain a truer understanding of financial markets issues.

Kevin McPartland is the head of market structure and technology research at Greenwich Associates. He has nearly 20 years of capital markets industry experience with deep expertise in market structure, regulation and technology impacting the fixed-income, FX and equity markets.

About IPC IPC is a technology and service leader that powers financial markets globally. We help clients anticipate change and solve problems, setting the standard with industry expertise, exceptional service and comprehensive technology. With customers first and always, we collaborate with each to understand their individual needs to help make them secure, productive and compliant within our connected community. Through service excellence, long-developed expertise and a focus on innovation and community, we provide agile and efficient ways for our customers to accelerate their ability to adapt to the ever–changing requirements for advanced networks, compliance and collaboration with all counterparties across the financial markets. Learn more at www.ipc.com

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